SCHEDULE [download full program - pdf format]
10/20 . 10/21 . 10/22 . 10/23 . 10/24 . 10/25 . 10/26 . 10/27 . 10/28 . 10/29 . 10/30

THURSDAY October 20
PALO ALTO: Aquarius Theatre, 430 Emerson St.
SESSION 1
   
6:15 PM
Opening words by Mayor of Palo Alto, Patrick Burt
6:30 PM POSTER GIRL (US, 38 min)
7:20 PM APACHE 8 (US, 57 min)
8:30 PM SEED: THE UNTOLD STORY (US, 94 min)
9:30 PM Opening Night Filmmaker Reception sponsored by Steam Restaurant

10/20 . 10/21 . 10/22 . 10/23 . 10/24 . 10/25 . 10/26 . 10/27 . 10/28 . 10/29 . 10/30

FRIDAY October 21
Palo Alto, Mitchell Park Community Center, 3700 Middlefield Road
SESSION 2
   
4:00 PM 01:05:12 THE LONGEST RACE (Ethiopia/Kenya/Spain, 51 min)
5:05 PM SWIM FOR LIFE (France, 52 min)
6:05 PM WOMEN ARE THE ANSWER (Australia/India, 91 min)

SESSION 3
   
7:50 PM
NON ASSISTANCE (France/Italy/Malta/Spain/Switzerland, 52 min)
9:00 PM 7 DAYS IN SYRIA (Syria/US, 75 min)

10/20 . 10/21 . 10/22 . 10/23 . 10/24 . 10/25 . 10/26 . 10/27 . 10/28 . 10/29 . 10/30

SATURDAY October 22
Palo Alto, Mitchell Park Community Center, 3700 Middlefield Road
SESSION 4
(UNAFF & Kids Program, FREE ADMISSION; live jazz by local high school combo, The Blues By Five)
   
11:15 AM
THE LEARNING ALLIANCE (Pakistan, 9 min)
11:30 AM
XIUHTEZCATL & ITZCUAUHTLI: EARTH GUARDIANS (US, 9 min)
12:00 PM NAVAJO MATH CIRCLES (US, 59 min)

SESSION 5
   
1:30 PM
REAL BOY (US, 74 min)
2:50 PM PETALS IN THE DUST: THE ENDANGERED INDIAN GIRLS (Canada/India/US, 89 min)
4:30 PM

Panel "Each Child is Precious” (FREE Admission)
SESSION 6
   
6:00 PM
SURVIVING INTERNATIONAL BOULEVARD: DOMESTIC CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING (US, 20 min)
6:30 PM
THE WRONG LIGHT (Afghanistan/Cambodia/Thailand/US, 78 min)
8:15 PM SONITA (Afghanistan/Iran, 91 min)

10/20 . 10/21 . 10/22 . 10/23 . 10/24 . 10/25 . 10/26 . 10/27 . 10/28 . 10/29 . 10/30

SUNDAY October 23
Palo Alto, Mitchell Park Community Center, 3700 Middlefield Road
SESSION 7
   
1:00 PM
THE ODD COUPLE: A STORY OF TWO TRIATHLETES (US, 15 min)
1:30 PM UNDER THE TURBAN (Argentina/Canada/India/Italy/Singapore/UK/US, 89 min)

SESSION 8
   
3:15 PM
DUGMA - THE BUTTON (Norway/Syria, 58 min)
4:25 PM EL POETA (Mexico/US, 56 min)
5:40 PM UNDER THE GUN (US, 106 min)
7:20 PM Panel "Guns and Society” (FREE Admission)

SESSION 9
   
8:20 PM
PAPER LANTERNS (Japan/US, 59 min)
9:30 PM FINDING OSCAR (Guatemala/US, 99 min)

10/20 . 10/21 . 10/22 . 10/23 . 10/24 . 10/25 . 10/26 . 10/27 . 10/28 . 10/29 . 10/30

MONDAY October 24
San Francisco, Ninth Street Independent Film CenteR, 145 ninth st.
SESSION 10
   
6:00 PM
Reception with the filmmakers
6:30 PM
WEconomics: ITALY (Italy/US, 19 min)
7:00 PM
LIMBO (Italy/US, 35 min)
7:45 PM
DRESDEN REFUGE (Germany/Spain, 56 min)
8:50 PM WELCOME TO REFUGEESTAN (France/Greece/Jordan/Kenya/Macedonia/
Sweden/Switzerland/Tanzania/UK, 71 min)

10/20 . 10/21 . 10/22 . 10/23 . 10/24 . 10/25 . 10/26 . 10/27 . 10/28 . 10/29 . 10/30

TUESDAY October 25
San Francisco, Ninth Street Independent Film Center, 145 ninth st.
SESSION 11
   
6:00 PM
Reception with the filmmakers
6:30 PM STOLEN YOUTH: POLITICAL PRISONER OF THE DICTATORSHIP (Argentina/Sweden/US, 7 min)
6:50 PM HOW TO DEFUSE A BOMB: THE PROJECT CHILDREN STORY (Ireland/UK/US, 90 min)
8:40 PM THE BRAINWASHING OF MY DAD (US, 90min)

10/20 . 10/21 . 10/22 . 10/23 . 10/24 . 10/25 . 10/26 . 10/27 . 10/28 . 10/29 . 10/30

WEDNESDAY October 26
SESSION 12 East Palo Alto, Eastside College Preparatory School, Eastside Theater 1041 Myrtle Street
UNAFF in Schools FREE for Students and Teachers

3:00 PM
CODE OAKLAND (US, 22 min)
3:30 PM CAST FROM THE STORM (Australia, 72 min)
4:45 PM Panel "At the Crossroads of Civil Rights” (FREE Admission)

SESSION 13 Stanford University, School of Education,CERAS Building, Room 101, 520 Galvez Mall
   
4:00 PM
THE EMPTY ROOM (Belgium/France/Syria, 59 min)
5:10 PM ALL RISE (US, 96 min)

SESSION 14 Stanford University, School of Education,CERAS Building, Room 101, 520 Galvez Mall
   
6:45 PM
Reception with the filmmakers
7:15 PM LAST DAY OF FREEDOM (US, 32 min)
8:00 PM
AGENTS OF CHANGE (US, 65 min)
9:15 PM Panel "Fear, Prejudice and Race” (FREE Admission)

10/20 . 10/21 . 10/22 . 10/23 . 10/24 . 10/25 . 10/26 . 10/27 . 10/28 . 10/29 . 10/30

THURSDAY October 27
Stanford University, Anderson Collection, 314 Lomita Drive
SESSION 15
UNAFF in Schools FREE for Students and Teachers
   
4:00 PM THREADS (Bangladesh/US, 30 min)
4:40 PM
NEFERTITI’S DAUGHTERS (Egypt, 40 min)
5:30 PM
SIGNS OF HUMANITY (US, 70 min)
7:10 PM Panel "Arts for Social Change” (FREE Admission)

SESSION 16
   
8:00 PM DETROIT: RENAISSANCE OF AMERICA (US, 21 min)
8:30 PM
A CONVERSATION WITH GREGORY PECK (US, 92 min)

10/20 . 10/21 . 10/22 . 10/23 . 10/24 . 10/25 . 10/26 . 10/27 . 10/28 . 10/29 . 10/30

FRIDAY October 28
Stanford University, Stanford Medical School (Li Ka Shing Center Building) 291 Campus Drive, Room LK130
SESSION 17
   
4:00 PM TWO WORLDS (Poland, 51 min)
5:00 PM WHEN I WALK (US, 83 min)

SESSION 18
   
6:30 PM
Reception with the filmmakers
7:00 PM
CLINICA DE MIGRANTES: LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS (US, 38 min)
7:50 PM
PAINTED NAILS (US, 57 min)
9:00 PM Panel “The Intersection of Health and Ethics” (FREE Admission)

10/20 . 10/21 . 10/22 . 10/23 . 10/24 . 10/25 . 10/26 . 10/27 . 10/28 . 10/29 . 10/30

SATURDAY October 29
Stanford University, Cubberley Auditorium, 485 Lasuen Mall
SESSION 19
   
1:00 PM
WHERE WE STAND (US, 20 min)
1:30 PM
OUT RUN (Philippines/US, 75 min)
3:00 PM I VOTED? (US, 76 min)

SESSION 20
   
4:30 PM
AN UNDENIABLE VOICE (US, 16 min)
5:00 PM
VIOLINS OF HOPE - STRINGS OF THE HOLOCAUST (Israel/US, 57 min)
6:10 PM BOY 23 (Brazil, 80 min)

SESSION 21
   
7:50 PM
AMONG THE BELIEVERS (Afghanistan/Pakistan/US, 85 min)
9:30 PM WHERE TO INVADE NEXT (US, 120 min)

10/20 . 10/21 . 10/22 . 10/23 . 10/24 . 10/25 . 10/26 . 10/27 . 10/28 . 10/29 . 10/30

SundaY October 30
Stanford University, Cubberley Auditorium, 485 Lasuen Mall
SESSION 22
   
1:00 PM
CHILDREN DEPORTED: FARIDA (Afghanistan/Norway, 16 min)
1:30 PM GUANTANAMO’S CHILD: OMAR KHADR (Canada, 80 min)

SESSION 23
   
3:10 PM
THE COMPUTERS (US, 20 min)
3:40 PM FEMINISM INSHALLAH: A HISTORY OF ARAB FEMINISM
(Algeria/Egypt/Lebanon/Morocco/Tunisia/Saudi Arabia, 55 min)

SESSION 24
   
4:50 PM
WHY ARE THE BEES DYING? (Germany, 45 min)
5:40 PM SONIC SEA (Bahamas/Canada/Madagascar/Norway/US, 61 min)

SESSION 25
   
6:50 PM
HOW TO LET GO OF THE WORLD AND LOVE ALL THE THINGS CLIMATE CAN’T CHANGE (US, 127 min)
9:00 PM
Awards Ceremony
9:30 PM Closing Night Party ● Music by Potential Jazz Ensemble
sponsored by Garden Court Hotel
































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